Automated commercial fishing location determination

ABSTRACT

A method and system for automatically enabling an automated commercial fishing process is provided. The method includes enabling a commercial fishing software application associated with selecting a location for implementing a commercial fishing process. In response user data identifying a user and license data associated with a commercial fishing license belonging to the user are received. A control signal is transmitted to a vehicle. The control signal enables control of the vehicle such that the vehicle initiates motion and navigates in a specified direction towards a specified geographical area. Control hardware of the vehicle verifies a status of the commercial fishing license belonging to the user and it is determined if the commercial fishing license authorizes commercial fishing activities within the specified geographical area.

This application is a continuation application claiming priority to Ser.No. 15/060,961 filed Mar. 4, 2016.

FIELD

The present invention relates generally to a method for determining acommercial fishing location and in particular to a method and associatedsystem for determining vehicle authorizations with respect to enabling acommercial fishing process associated with a vehicle with respect to aspecified commercial fishing location.

BACKGROUND

Determining an area for performing specified functions typicallyincludes an inaccurate process with little flexibility. Associatingpermission for performing specified functions with respect to aspecified location area may include a complicated process that may betime consuming and require a large amount of resources. Accordingly,there exists a need in the art to overcome at least some of thedeficiencies and limitations described herein above.

SUMMARY

A first aspect of the invention provides an automated commercial fishingmethod comprising: enabling, by a processor of a control system inresponse to a command from a user, a commercial fishing softwareapplication associated with selecting a location for implementing acommercial fishing process; retrieving, by the processor in response tothe enabling, user data identifying the user; receiving, by theprocessor from the user, license data associated with a commercialfishing license belonging to the user; transmitting, by the processor toa vehicle in response to a user command, a control signal enablingcontrol of the vehicle such that the vehicle initiates motion andnavigates in a specified direction towards a specified geographicalarea; verifying, by the processor via control hardware of the vehicle, astatus of the commercial fishing license belonging to the user; andfirst determining, by the processor via the control hardware of thevehicle, if the commercial fishing license authorizes commercial fishingactivities within the specified geographical area.

A second aspect of the invention provides a computer program product,comprising a computer readable hardware storage device storing acomputer readable program code, the computer readable program codecomprising an algorithm that when executed by a computer processor of acontrol system implements an automated commercial fishing method, themethod comprising: enabling, by the processor in response to a commandfrom a user, a commercial fishing software application associated withselecting a location for implementing a commercial fishing process;retrieving, by the processor in response to the enabling, user dataidentifying the user; receiving, by the processor from the user, licensedata associated with a commercial fishing license belonging to the user;transmitting, by the processor to a vehicle in response to a usercommand, a control signal enabling control of the vehicle such that thevehicle initiates motion and navigates in a specified direction towardsa specified geographical area; verifying, by the processor via controlhardware of the vehicle, a status of the commercial fishing licensebelonging to the user; and first determining, by the processor via thecontrol hardware of the vehicle, if the commercial fishing licenseauthorizes commercial fishing activities within the specifiedgeographical area.

A third aspect of the invention provides a control system comprising acomputer processor coupled to a computer-readable memory unit, thememory unit comprising instructions that when executed by the computerprocessor executes an automated commercial fishing method comprising:enabling, by the processor in response to a command from a user, acommercial fishing software application associated with selecting alocation for implementing a commercial fishing process; retrieving, bythe processor in response to the enabling, user data identifying theuser; receiving, by the processor from the user, license data associatedwith a commercial fishing license belonging to the user; transmitting,by the processor to a vehicle in response to a user command, a controlsignal enabling control of the vehicle such that the vehicle initiatesmotion and navigates in a specified direction towards a specifiedgeographical area; verifying, by the processor via control hardware ofthe vehicle, a status of the commercial fishing license belonging to theuser; and first determining, by the processor via the control hardwareof the vehicle, if the commercial fishing license authorizes commercialfishing activities within the specified geographical area.

The present invention advantageously provides a simple method andassociated system capable of determining an area for performingspecified functions.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a system for determining vehicle authorizations withrespect to enabling a commercial fishing process associated with avehicle with respect to a specified commercial fishing location, inaccordance with embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 2 illustrates a geographical area comprising various internallocations for executing a commercial fishing process with respect to avehicle, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 3 illustrates an algorithm detailing a process flow enabled by thesystem of FIG. 1 for determining vehicle authorizations with respect toenabling a commercial fishing process associated with a vehicle withrespect to a specified commercial fishing location, in accordance withembodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 4 illustrates an algorithm detailing an implementation exampleenabled by the system of FIG. 1 with respect to enabling a commercialfishing process associated with a vehicle with respect to a specifiedcommercial fishing location, in accordance with embodiments of thepresent invention.

FIG. 5 illustrates a computer system used by the system of FIG. 1 forenabling a process for determining vehicle authorizations with respectto enabling a commercial fishing process associated with a vehicle withrespect to a specified commercial fishing location, in accordance withembodiments of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

FIG. 1 illustrates a system 100 for determining vehicle authorizationswith respect to enabling a commercial fishing process associated with avehicle 14 with respect to a specified commercial fishing location, inaccordance with embodiments of the present invention. System 100 enablesa process for coordinating vehicle 14 with fish finder devices, GPSsystems, and fishing equipment (e.g., a fishing net) deploymentcapability for executing a commercial fishing process therebyeliminating human intervention with respect to viewing a video streamwith respect to determining an area for fishing net deployment. System100 enables:

1. Verification of a specified geographical location associatedcommercial fishing permissions with respect to vehicle 14 (and anassociated user).2. Real-time analysis and detection of specified locations comprising alarge volume of fish via sonar based on-board fish finders withinvehicle 14.3. Deployment of fishing equipment via vehicle 14 and notification ofassociated GPS coordinates of the deployed fishing equipment to theuser.

Vehicle 14 may comprise any vehicle that does not require a humanoperator to be located within the vehicle 14 such as, inter alia, aremote controlled vehicle (e.g., an aircraft flown by a pilot at aground control station), an autonomously controlled vehicle (e.g., anaircraft controlled based on pre-programmed flight plans and may includean intelligence algorithm that would enable vehicle 14 to know it'slocation and self-determine a location to perform commercial fishingdynamically), a pre-programmed vehicle, etc. Alternatively, vehicle 14may comprise any type of vehicle that includes a human operator locatedwithin the vehicle (e.g., an aircraft, an automobile, a boat or ship, atrain, etc.). Vehicle 14 may include, inter alia, an aerial vehicle, aland based vehicle, a marine (water) based vehicle, etc.

System 100 of FIG. 1 includes a weather conditions system 15, a controlsystem 23, and a GPS system 18 connected through a network 7 to avehicle 14. Vehicle 14 (i.e., control hardware 19 internal to vehicle),weather conditions system 15, control system 23, and GPS system 18 eachmay comprise an embedded computer. An embedded computer is definedherein as a dedicated computer comprising a combination of computerhardware and software (fixed in capability or programmable) specificallydesigned for executing a specialized function. Programmable embeddedcomputers may comprise specialized programming interfaces. Additionally,vehicle 14 (i.e., control hardware 19 internal to vehicle), weatherconditions system 15, control system 23, and GPS system 18 may eachcomprise a specialized hardware device comprising specialized(non-generic) hardware and circuitry (i.e., specialized discretenon-generic analog, digital, and logic based circuitry) for executing aprocess described with respect to FIGS. 1 and 2. The specializeddiscrete non-generic analog, digital, and logic based circuitry mayinclude proprietary specially designed components (e.g., a specializedintegrated circuit designed for only implementing an automated processfor enabling a process for determining vehicle authorizations withrespect to enabling a commercial fishing process associated with avehicle 14 with respect to a specified commercial fishing location).Vehicle 14 includes a memory system 8, software 17, a sensor/detectiondevice(s) 32, and control hardware 19 (all sensors and associatedcontrol hardware for enabling software 17 to execute a process fordetermining vehicle authorizations with respect to enabling a commercialfishing process). Sensors (within control hardware 19 and/orsensor/detection device(s) 32) may include, inter alia, GPS sensors,sonar based sensors, temperature sensors, pressure sensors, infraredsensors, motion sensors, video retrieval devices, etc.). The memorysystem 8 may include a single memory system. Alternatively, the memorysystem may include a plurality of memory systems. Network 7 may includeany type of network including, inter alia, a local area network, (LAN),a wide area network (WAN), the Internet, a wireless network, etc.Vehicle 14 may retrieve/generate GPS coordinates based data (from GPSsystem 18) in response to commercial fishing process instructions.

FIG. 2 illustrates a geographical area 215 comprising various internallocations 215 a . . . 215 n for executing a commercial fishing processwith respect to vehicle 214, in accordance with embodiments of thepresent invention. Vehicle 214 represents a detailed view of vehicle 14(of FIG. 1). Vehicle 214 comprises sensor/detection device(s) 219 and iscarrying fishing equipment 217 (e.g., a fishing net) for executing acommercial fishing process. Geographical area 215 comprises a waterbased geographical area (e.g., an ocean, a sea, a lake, etc.) comprisinginternal locations 215 a . . . 215 n targeted by vehicle 214 as beingassociated with commercial fishing permissions (with respect to vehicle14 and an associated user of FIG. 1) and comprising a large volume offish.

FIG. 3 illustrates an algorithm detailing a process flow enabled bysystem 100 of FIG. 1 for determining vehicle authorizations with respectto enabling a commercial fishing process associated with a vehicle withrespect to a specified commercial fishing location, in accordance withembodiments of the present invention. Each of the steps in the algorithmof FIG. 3 may be enabled and executed in any order by a computerprocessor(s) or any type of specialized hardware executing computercode. In step 300, a commercial fishing software application is enabledby a control system in response to a command from a user. The commercialfishing software application is associated with selecting a location forimplementing an automated commercial fishing process. In step 302, userdata identifying the user is retrieved. In step 304, license dataassociated with a commercial fishing license belonging to the user isretrieved. In step 308, the control system verifies weather conditionsassociated with navigating the vehicle towards the specifiedgeographical area. Additionally, a volume of fish within the specifiedgeographical area may be monitored to determine if a specified volume offish detected within the specified geographical area exceeds a specifiedthreshold volume. In step 310, the control system verifies (via controlhardware of the vehicle) a status of the commercial fishing licensebelonging to the user. In step 312, the control system determines (viathe control hardware of the vehicle) if the commercial fishing licenseauthorizes commercial fishing activities within the specifiedgeographical area. In step 314, a control signal is transmitted to avehicle in response to a user command. The control signal enablescontrol of the vehicle such that the vehicle initiates motion andnavigates in a specified direction towards a specified geographicalarea.

In step 316 (in response to results of steps 308, 310, 312, and 314),the vehicle is directed to the specified geographical area to deploy(from the vehicle) a fishing net apparatus in a water based locationwithin the specified geographical area. Additionally, GPS coordinates ofthe water based location comprising the deployed net may be transmittedback to the control system for reference. The process is terminated instep 318.

FIG. 4 illustrates an algorithm detailing an implementation exampleenabled by system 100 of FIG. 1 with respect to enabling a commercialfishing process associated with a (aerial) vehicle with respect to aspecified commercial fishing location, in accordance with embodiments ofthe present invention. Each of the steps in the algorithm of FIG. 4 maybe enabled and executed in any order by a computer processor(s) or anytype of specialized hardware executing computer code. In step 400, auser launches a commercial fishing autonomous vehicle softwareapplication on a mobile device (e.g., cellular phone, tablet computer,laptop computer, etc.). In step 402, the user enters their credentialsto login to the software application. If the user the user has notregistered with the software application, the user executes aregistration process and performs the aforementioned login process. Instep 404, the user enters or updates his/her commercial fishing licensedetails in the software application. In step 408, the user selects oneor more autonomous vehicles configured to be enabled via the softwareapplication. Additionally, the user specifies a direction and distancefor navigation thereby enabling (launching) the vehicle(s). Thevehicle(s) may comprise autonomously controlled and may can be launchedfrom, inter alia, a beach, a boat, a ship, etc. In step 410, the vehicle(via control hardware of the vehicle) verifies the user's license withrespect to permission for commercial fishing. The vehicle(s) verifies(immediately following step 404) a status (e.g., active or expired) ofcommercial fishing license of the user. Additionally, the vehicle(s)verifies (immediately following verifying and confirming the user'slicense) weather conditions associated with potential challenges forflight. In response, the vehicle(s) navigates in the direction anddistance specified by the user. The user's license verified (via GPScoordinates) with respect to commercial fishing permissions in specifiedwaterways. In step 412, it is determined (based on results of step 410)if the users license authorizes commercial fishing permissions within afirst specified waterway. If in step 412, it is determined that theusers license authorizes commercial fishing permissions within the firstspecified waterway then step 424 is executed to analyze the firstspecified waterway for the presence of a specified (large) volume offish located within deep water of the first specified waterway. If instep 412, it is determined that the users license does not authorizecommercial fishing permissions within the first specified waterway thenin step 414, the vehicle(s) requests an alternate commercial fishinglocation located within a predefined distance from its current GPScoordinates. In step 416, it is determined if an alternate commercialfishing location (requested in step 414) has been located. If in step416, it is determined that an alternate commercial fishing location hasnot been located then in step 418, the vehicle(s) presents (to the user)restrictions associated with commercial fishing in the first specifiedwaterway and in step 434, the vehicle is instructed to return to anoriginating location.

If in step 416, it is determined that an alternate commercial fishinglocation has been located then in step 420, the vehicle(s) is directedto and proceeds to navigate to the alternate commercial fishinglocation. In step 424, the alternate commercial fishing location isanalyzed for the presence of a specified (large) volume of fish locatedwithin deep water of the alternate commercial fishing location. In step426, it is determined (e.g., via on-board sonar based fish findingcomponents) if the presence of a specified (large) volume of fishlocated within deep water of the alternate commercial fishing location(or the first specified waterway) has been detected. If in step 426, itis determined that the presence of a specified (large) volume of fishlocated within deep water of the alternate commercial fishing location(or the first specified waterway) has not been detected then in step428, the vehicle(s) notifies the user that a large volume of fish is notpresent and in step 434, the vehicle is instructed to return to anoriginating location. If in step 426, it is determined that the presenceof a specified (large) volume of fish located within deep water of thealternate commercial fishing location (or the first specified waterway)has been detected then in step 430, a fishing net (or alternativefishing equipment) is deployed (by the vehicle(s)). The fishing net maybe secured by the vehicle(s) in a compressed mode during flight and maybe expanded at a selected fishing location via light-weight mechanical(robotic) arms for deployment. The fishing nets may include floatationelements to prevent the net from completely sinking in the water. Instep 432, GPS coordinates describing a location for the deployed net aretransmitted to the user (for later retrieval of the net) and in step434, the vehicle is instructed to return to an originating location. Theprocess is terminated in step 438.

FIG. 5 illustrates a computer system 90 (e.g., control hardware, weatherconditions system 15, control system 23, and GPS system 18) used by orcomprised by the systems of FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 for enabling a process fordetermining vehicle authorizations with respect to enabling a commercialfishing process associated with a vehicle with respect to a specifiedcommercial fishing location, in accordance with embodiments of thepresent invention.

Aspects of the present invention may take the form of an entirelyhardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (includingfirmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.) or an embodimentcombining software and hardware aspects that may all generally bereferred to herein as a “circuit,” “module,” or “system.”

The present invention may be a system, a method, and/or a computerprogram product. The computer program product may include a computerreadable storage medium (or media) having computer readable programinstructions thereon for causing a processor to carry out aspects of thepresent invention.

The computer readable storage medium can be a tangible device that canretain and store instructions for use by an instruction executiondevice. The computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but isnot limited to, an electronic storage device, a magnetic storage device,an optical storage device, an electromagnetic storage device, asemiconductor storage device, or any suitable combination of theforegoing. A non-exhaustive list of more specific examples of thecomputer readable storage medium includes the following: a portablecomputer diskette, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), aread-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROMor Flash memory), a static random access memory (SRAM), a portablecompact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), a digital versatile disk (DVD),a memory stick, a floppy disk, a mechanically encoded device such aspunch-cards or raised structures in a groove having instructionsrecorded thereon, and any suitable combination of the foregoing. Acomputer readable storage medium, as used herein, is not to be construedas being transitory signals per se, such as radio waves or other freelypropagating electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic waves propagatingthrough a waveguide or other transmission media (e.g., light pulsespassing through a fiber-optic cable), or electrical signals transmittedthrough a wire.

Computer readable program instructions described herein can bedownloaded to respective computing/processing devices from a computerreadable storage medium or to an external computer or external storagedevice via a network, for example, the Internet, a local area network, awide area network and/or a wireless network. The network may comprisecopper transmission cables, optical transmission fibers, wirelesstransmission, routers, firewalls, switches, gateway computers and/oredge servers. A network adapter card or network interface in eachcomputing/processing apparatus receives computer readable programinstructions from the network and forwards the computer readable programinstructions for storage in a computer readable storage medium withinthe respective computing/processing device.

Computer readable program instructions for carrying out operations ofthe present invention may be assembler instructions,instruction-set-architecture (ISA) instructions, machine instructions,machine dependent instructions, microcode, firmware instructions,state-setting data, or either source code or object code written in anycombination of one or more programming languages, including an objectoriented programming language such as Smalltalk, C++ or the like, andconventional procedural programming languages, such as the “C”programming language or similar programming languages. The computerreadable program instructions may execute entirely on the user'scomputer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone softwarepackage, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computeror entirely on the remote computer or server. In the latter scenario,the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through anytype of network, including a local area network (LAN) or a wide areanetwork (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer(for example, through the Internet using an Internet Service Provider).In some embodiments, electronic circuitry including, for example,programmable logic circuitry, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA), orprogrammable logic arrays (PLA) may execute the computer readableprogram instructions by utilizing state information of the computerreadable program instructions to personalize the electronic circuitry,in order to perform aspects of the present invention.

Aspects of the present invention are described herein with reference toflowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, device(systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of theinvention. It will be understood that each block of the flowchartillustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in theflowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented bycomputer readable program instructions.

These computer readable program instructions may be provided to aprocessor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, orother programmable data processing device to produce a machine, suchthat the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computeror other programmable data processing device, create means forimplementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or blockdiagram block or blocks. These computer readable program instructionsmay also be stored in a computer readable storage medium that can directa computer, a programmable data processing device, and/or other devicesto function in a particular manner, such that the computer readablestorage medium having instructions stored therein comprises an articleof manufacture including instructions which implement aspects of thefunction/act specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block orblocks.

The computer readable program instructions may also be loaded onto acomputer, other programmable data processing device, or other device tocause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer,other programmable device or other device to produce a computerimplemented process, such that the instructions which execute on thecomputer, other programmable device, or other device implement thefunctions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block orblocks.

The flowchart and block diagrams in the Figures illustrate thearchitecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementationsof systems, methods, and computer program products according to variousembodiments of the present invention. In this regard, each block in theflowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portionof instructions, which comprises one or more executable instructions forimplementing the specified logical function(s). In some alternativeimplementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of theorder noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in successionmay, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks maysometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon thefunctionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of theblock diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocksin the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implementedby special purpose hardware-based systems that perform the specifiedfunctions or acts or carry out combinations of special purpose hardwareand computer instructions.

The computer system 90 illustrated in FIG. 5 includes a processor 91, aninput device 92 coupled to the processor 91, an output device 93 coupledto the processor 91, and memory devices 94 and 95 each coupled to theprocessor 91. The input device 92 may be, inter alia, a keyboard, amouse, a camera, a touchscreen, etc. The output device 93 may be, interalia, a printer, a plotter, a computer screen, a magnetic tape, aremovable hard disk, a floppy disk, etc. The memory devices 94 and 95may be, inter alia, a hard disk, a floppy disk, a magnetic tape, anoptical storage such as a compact disc (CD) or a digital video disc(DVD), a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), a read-only memory (ROM),etc. The memory device 95 includes a computer code 97. The computer code97 includes algorithms for enabling a process for determining vehicleauthorizations with respect to enabling a commercial fishing processassociated with a vehicle with respect to a specified commercial fishinglocation. The processor 91 executes the computer code 97. The memorydevice 94 includes input data 96. The input data 96 includes inputrequired by the computer code 97. The output device 93 displays outputfrom the computer code 97. Either or both memory devices 94 and 95 (orone or more additional memory devices Such as read only memory device96) may include algorithms and may be used as a computer usable medium(or a computer readable medium or a program storage device) having acomputer readable program code embodied therein and/or having other datastored therein, wherein the computer readable program code includes thecomputer code 97. Generally, a computer program product (or,alternatively, an article of manufacture) of the computer system 90 mayinclude the computer usable medium (or the program storage device).

In some embodiments, rather than being stored and accessed from a harddrive, optical disc or other writeable, rewriteable, or removablehardware memory device 95, stored computer program code 84 (e.g.,including algorithm) may be stored on a static, nonremovable, read-onlystorage medium such as a Read-Only Memory (ROM) device 85, or may beaccessed by processor 91 directly from such a static, nonremovable,read-only medium 85. Similarly, in some embodiments, stored computerprogram code 97 may be stored as computer-readable firmware 85, or maybe accessed by processor 91 directly from such firmware 85, rather thanfrom a more dynamic or removable hardware data-storage device 95, suchas a hard drive or optical disc.

Still yet, any of the components of the present invention could becreated, integrated, hosted, maintained, deployed, managed, serviced,etc. by a service supplier who offers to determine vehicleauthorizations with respect to enabling a commercial fishing processassociated with a vehicle with respect to a specified commercial fishinglocation. Thus, the present invention discloses a process for deploying,creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and/or integratingcomputing infrastructure, including integrating computer-readable codeinto the computer system 90, wherein the code in combination with thecomputer system 90 is capable of performing a method for enabling aprocess for determining vehicle authorizations with respect to enablinga commercial fishing process associated with a vehicle with respect to aspecified commercial fishing location. In another embodiment, theinvention provides a business method that performs the process steps ofthe invention on a subscription, advertising, and/or fee basis. That is,a service supplier, such as a Solution Integrator, could offer to enablea process for determining vehicle authorizations with respect toenabling a commercial fishing process associated with a vehicle withrespect to a specified commercial fishing location. In this case, theservice supplier can create, maintain, support, etc. a computerinfrastructure that performs the process steps of the invention for oneor more customers. In return, the service supplier can receive paymentfrom the customer(s) under a subscription and/or fee agreement and/orthe service supplier can receive payment from the sale of advertisingcontent to one or more third parties.

While FIG. 5 shows the computer system 90 as a particular configurationof hardware and software, any configuration of hardware and software, aswould be known to a person of ordinary skill in the art, may be utilizedfor the purposes stated supra in conjunction with the particularcomputer system 90 of FIG. 5. For example, the memory devices 94 and 95may be portions of a single memory device rather than separate memorydevices.

While embodiments of the present invention have been described hereinfor purposes of illustration, many modifications and changes will becomeapparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the appended claimsare intended to encompass all such modifications and changes as fallwithin the true spirit and scope of this invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. An automated commercial fishing methodcomprising: receiving, by a processor of a control system from a user,license data associated with a commercial fishing license belonging tosaid user; transmitting, by said processor to a vehicle in response to auser command, a control signal enabling control of said vehicle suchthat said vehicle initiates motion and navigates in a specifieddirection towards a specified geographical area; verifying, by saidprocessor via control hardware of said vehicle, a status of saidcommercial fishing license belonging to said user; first determining, bysaid processor via said control hardware of said vehicle, if saidcommercial fishing license authorizes commercial fishing activitieswithin said specified geographical area, wherein results of said firstdetermining indicate that said commercial fishing license authorizescommercial fishing activities within said specified geographical area;monitoring, by said processor via said control hardware of said vehicle,a volume of fish within said specified geographical area; and seconddetermining, by said computer processor based on analysis of results ofsaid monitoring, if a specified volume of fish detected within saidspecified geographical area exceeds a specified threshold volume.
 2. Themethod of claim 1, further comprising: verifying, by said computerprocessor, weather conditions associated with navigating said vehicletowards said specified geographical area.
 3. The method of claim 1,wherein results of said second determining indicate that said specifiedvolume of fish detected within said specified geographical area does notexceed said specified threshold volume, and wherein said method furthercomprises: generating, by said processor, a notification indicating thatsaid specified volume of fish detected within said specifiedgeographical area does not exceed said specified threshold volume;presenting, by said processor to said user, said notification; anddirecting, by said processor in response to said notification, saidvehicle to an original geographical position.
 4. The method of claim 1,wherein results of said second determining indicate that said specifiedvolume of fish detected within said specified geographical area exceedssaid specified threshold volume, and wherein said method furthercomprises: deploying from said vehicle, by said processor via saidcontrol hardware of said vehicle, a fishing net apparatus in a waterbased location within said specified geographical area; retrieving, bysaid processor from said control hardware of said vehicle, globalpositioning satellite (GPS) coordinates of said fishing net apparatus;presenting, by said processor to said user, said GPS coordinates; anddirecting, by said processor in response to said notification, saidvehicle to an original geographical position.
 5. The method of claim 1,wherein results of said first determining indicate that said commercialfishing license does not authorize commercial fishing activities withinsaid specified geographical area, and wherein said method furthercomprises: directing, by said processor in response to said results ofsaid first determining, said vehicle to an alternate geographical areaassociated with commercial fishing activities authorized by saidcommercial fishing license; monitoring, by said processor via saidcontrol hardware of said vehicle, a volume of fish within said alternategeographical area; and second determining, by said computer processorbased on analysis of results of said monitoring, if a specified volumeof fish detected within said alternate geographical area exceeds aspecified threshold volume.
 6. The method of claim 5, wherein saidalternate geographical area is located within a predefined distance froma current position of said vehicle.
 7. The method of claim 5, whereinresults of said second determining indicate that said specified volumeof fish detected within said alternate geographical area does not exceedsaid specified threshold volume, and wherein said method furthercomprises: generating, by said processor, a notification indicating thatsaid specified volume of fish detected within said alternategeographical area does not exceed said specified threshold volume;presenting, by said processor to said user, said notification; anddirecting, by said processor in response to said notification, saidvehicle to an original geographical position.
 8. The method of claim 5,wherein results of said second determining indicate that said specifiedvolume of fish detected within said alternate geographical area exceedssaid specified threshold volume, and wherein said method furthercomprises: deploying from said vehicle, by said processor via saidcontrol hardware of said vehicle, a fishing net apparatus in a waterbased location within said alternate geographical area; retrieving, bysaid processor from said control hardware of said vehicle, globalpositioning satellite (GPS) coordinates of said water based location;presenting, by said processor to said user, said GPS coordinates; anddirecting, by said processor in response to said notification, saidvehicle to an original geographical position.
 9. The method of claim 1,further comprising: providing at least one support service for at leastone of creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and deployingcomputer-readable code in the control hardware, said code being executedby the computer processor to implement: said receiving, saidtransmitting, said verifying, and said first determining.
 10. A computerprogram product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage devicestoring a computer readable program code, said computer readable programcode comprising an algorithm that when executed by a computer processorof a control system implements an automated commercial fishing method,said method comprising: receiving, by said processor, license dataassociated with a commercial fishing license belonging to a user;transmitting, by said processor to a vehicle in response to a usercommand, a control signal enabling control of said vehicle such thatsaid vehicle initiates motion and navigates in a specified directiontowards a specified geographical area; verifying, by said processor viacontrol hardware of said vehicle, a status of said commercial fishinglicense belonging to said user; first determining, by said processor viasaid control hardware of said vehicle, if said commercial fishinglicense authorizes commercial fishing activities within said specifiedgeographical area, wherein results of said first determining indicatethat said commercial fishing license authorizes commercial fishingactivities within said specified geographical area; monitoring, by saidprocessor via said control hardware of said vehicle, a volume of fishwithin said specified geographical area; and second determining, by saidcomputer processor based on analysis of results of said monitoring, if aspecified volume of fish detected within said specified geographicalarea exceeds a specified threshold volume.
 11. The computer programproduct of claim 10, wherein said method further comprises: verifying,by said computer processor, weather conditions associated withnavigating said vehicle towards said specified geographical area. 12.The computer program product of claim 10, wherein results of said seconddetermining indicate that said specified volume of fish detected withinsaid specified geographical area does not exceed said specifiedthreshold volume, and wherein said method further comprises: generating,by said processor, a notification indicating that said specified volumeof fish detected within said specified geographical area does not exceedsaid specified threshold volume; presenting, by said processor to saiduser, said notification; and directing, by said processor in response tosaid notification, said vehicle to an original geographical position.13. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein results of saidsecond determining indicate that said specified volume of fish detectedwithin said specified geographical area exceeds said specified thresholdvolume, and wherein said method further comprises: deploying from saidvehicle, by said processor via said control hardware of said vehicle, afishing net apparatus in a water based location within said specifiedgeographical area; retrieving, by said processor from said controlhardware of said vehicle, global positioning satellite (GPS) coordinatesof said fishing net apparatus; presenting, by said processor to saiduser, said GPS coordinates; and directing, by said processor in responseto said notification, said vehicle to an original geographical position.14. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein results of saidfirst determining indicate that said commercial fishing license does notauthorize commercial fishing activities within said specifiedgeographical area, and wherein said method further comprises: directing,by said processor in response to said results of said first determining,said vehicle to an alternate geographical area associated withcommercial fishing activities authorized by said commercial fishinglicense; monitoring, by said processor via said control hardware of saidvehicle, a volume of fish within said alternate geographical area; andsecond determining, by said computer processor based on analysis ofresults of said monitoring, if a specified volume of fish detectedwithin said alternate geographical area exceeds a specified thresholdvolume.
 15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein saidalternate geographical area is located within a predefined distance froma current position of said vehicle.
 16. The computer program product ofclaim 14, wherein results of said second determining indicate that saidspecified volume of fish detected within said alternate geographicalarea does not exceed said specified threshold volume, and wherein saidmethod further comprises: generating, by said processor, a notificationindicating that said specified volume of fish detected within saidalternate geographical area does not exceed said specified thresholdvolume; presenting, by said processor to said user, said notification;and directing, by said processor in response to said notification, saidvehicle to an original geographical position.
 17. The computer programproduct of claim 14, wherein results of said second determining indicatethat said specified volume of fish detected within said alternategeographical area exceeds said specified threshold volume, and whereinsaid method further comprises: deploying from said vehicle, by saidprocessor via said control hardware of said vehicle, a fishing netapparatus in a water based location within said alternate geographicalarea; retrieving, by said processor from said control hardware of saidvehicle, global positioning satellite (GPS) coordinates of said waterbased location; presenting, by said processor to said user, said GPScoordinates; and directing, by said processor in response to saidnotification, said vehicle to an original geographical position.
 18. Acontrol system comprising a computer processor coupled to acomputer-readable memory unit, said memory unit comprising instructionsthat when executed by the computer processor executes an automatedcommercial fishing method comprising: receiving, by said processor,license data associated with a commercial fishing license belonging to auser; transmitting, by said processor to a vehicle in response to a usercommand, a control signal enabling control of said vehicle such thatsaid vehicle initiates motion and navigates in a specified directiontowards a specified geographical area; verifying, by said processor viacontrol hardware of said vehicle, a status of said commercial fishinglicense belonging to said user; first determining, by said processor viasaid control hardware of said vehicle, if said commercial fishinglicense authorizes commercial fishing activities within said specifiedgeographical area, wherein results of said first determining indicatethat said commercial fishing license authorizes commercial fishingactivities within said specified geographical area; monitoring, by saidprocessor via said control hardware of said vehicle, a volume of fishwithin said specified geographical area; and second determining, by saidcomputer processor based on analysis of results of said monitoring, if aspecified volume of fish detected within said specified geographicalarea exceeds a specified threshold volume.
 19. The control system ofclaim 18, wherein said method further comprises: verifying, by saidcomputer processor, weather conditions associated with navigating saidvehicle towards said specified geographical area.
 20. The control systemof claim 18, wherein results of said second determining indicate thatsaid specified volume of fish detected within said specifiedgeographical area does not exceed said specified threshold volume, andwherein said method further comprises: generating, by said processor, anotification indicating that said specified volume of fish detectedwithin said specified geographical area does not exceed said specifiedthreshold volume; presenting, by said processor to said user, saidnotification; and directing, by said processor in response to saidnotification, said vehicle to an original geographical position.